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Lizards
Quick answer
Try to keep your garden
reptile-friendly and make sure you submit records to local
groups.
Further
information
Lizards may reside in gardens if there are
suitable habitats. Try to identify the areas where you see the
lizard/s and simply maintain them as they are. If these
features disappear the lizards might do too.
Like all reptiles, lizards need places to bask, places to forage
for food and places to shelter and hibernate in. They can often
be found in/near compost heaps (particularly slow-worms), among log piles or in and around a
rockery. Dry-stone walls can also be important havens for common lizards. They
primarily feed on slugs and insects and can be found in areas
supporting lots of prey that are within easy reach of nooks and
crannies to escape to.
It's important to report your sightings to help build up local
and national records of these declining species. Get in touch
with your local Biological Records Centre and your local
Amphibian and Reptile Group (ARG).
Nativelizards.
Make your
garden reptile-friendly.
I've found lizards in my compost heap, when is it safe to
disturb them?
Find my Local Records
Centre.
Find my local ARG.
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